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Mar. 27, 1923.

H. E. WALTER BOX Filed Oct 6, 1922 Patented Mar. 27, 1923.'

UNITED STATES HARRISON B. WALTER, OE CIVBIICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR ITO CHICAGO MILL-AND LUMBER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Application l'ed October 6, 1922. Serial No. 592,708.

To all whom t may concern.'

'Be it known that I, HARRISON B. WALTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and uscful Improvements in Boxes; and I do hereby declare thatv the following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, reference be-V ing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part ofi-'this specification.

This application is a continuation in part of application Serial No. 561,352 filed May 16, 1922.

This invention relates to improvements in boxes made of ber or paper board and con sists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a box which, though made to the greater extent of liber or paper board, has suicient rigidity and strength to be used for packing long, heavy bars or parts made of metal, such for example `as the bumper bars for automobiles and the like.

The advantages of the invention will appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of .the improved box. v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an end part ofl the box, with the top closure members of the box shown in open position.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of the box, on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 4 lis a part longitudinal section through the box in a plane indicated by the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

- Fig. 5 is a sectional View similar `to Fig.`

4, showing a modified form of the end of the box.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings :-10 indicatesthe body of the box and 11, 11 indicate its ends. The body, in comparison to its cross sectional area, is of eat length and is a rectangular tube. he box as shown, is of the top loading type as distinguished from the end loading type, but, as will appear, the invention may be embodied in either type, although the top loading .type is preferable for the purpose for which the improved box is primarily intended.

The tube-comprising the body 10 of the box is'formed from a blank or sheet of paperI or fiber board of substantial thickness and of the length of the born-,said blank being creased to provide a bottom 12, sides 13, 13 and a top lclosure 14, comprising in the box shown, flaps 148, 14D.

rThel flap 14a is provided with a Hap extension 14c extending the length of the box,-a suitable crease at 14d being formed in the blank to permit said lap extension 14c to be folded down against the underside of the main body of the Hap 14a. The Hap 14a with its flap extension folded down against its underside as described, is of such tially cover the top of the box.

blocks of hardwood such as maple, oak or the like, and are preferably comparatively thick. The Wood from which said ends are made should be hard for the reason that wood ends of the kind may have heavy nails drivennto their edges without splitting said ends, and in addition, such wood offers great frictional resistance to the withdrawal of the nails.

When the box is closed, the top closures 14a, 14b of Ithe box, are secured to its ends 11, 11 by means of nails 15, having large heads so that the nails will not break through the paper or liber board from which the tubular body is made. As shown, the top closure flaps 14a, 14h may be secured in place at each end of the box by a single nail passing through the flap 14a, its flap extension 14C, and the flap 14".

Intermediate its ends, the top closures 14a, 14b are locked in closed relation and .the

box itself is strengthened against breaking or distortion by means of one or more metal straps 16. Said strap is comparatively wide, to prevent its breaking through the paper or fiber stock of the body and may be of any convenient pattern adapted to be wrapped about the body and to have its ends secured together, as in the familiar example illustrated, where the ends 16a of the strap are inserted in overlapped relation through a sleeve 17,-thesaidends and sleeve being crimped upon themselves to lock them together. The said strap o-r straps reinforce the fiber body in the direction in which the stock composing it is weak and increases the resistance of the elongated body to strains width as to overlap the flap 14b and substanboth from within and from wit-hout, which tend to bend, distort or break the box at points between its ends.

The flap extension 14c folded under the flap 14a provides a stiffening rib or flange extending the length of the unattached edge of the flap 14l which acts to maintain said edge, though unattached, in closed relation upon the flap 141J at all points intermediate thenailed ends of the box and the strap or straps 16. Thus, any gap or opening along the unattached edge of the closure 14a is obviated and there is no danger of the said edge of the Hap being caught or engaged in the handling of the box to pull back or tear the top closure 14a from its seat .on the flap 141.

The improved box is collapsible and may be shipped to the packer with its body flat or collapsed and packed in bundles, and with its ends either furnished by the manufacturer with the body or supplied by the packer. It is also manifest that the box may be manufactured and furnished to be used either as a top loader or as an end loader, although for convenience in packing it is preferably intended as a top loader. I'n such case, it is set up by the packer in the form shown in Fig. 2, ready to receive the bar, automobile bumper or the like through its open top, after which it is nailed shut and the strap or straps 16 are applied.

The flap extension 14c renders unnecessary the use of staples or other attaching means to secure the flaps '14a and 14b together; but7 if desired, and when intended to be used as an end loader the flaps 14a, 14b may be attached together by the manufacturer by a line of staples as indicated by the dotted lines at 14e.

Instead of making the ends of single blocks, they may be made of several pieces, as shown in Fig. 5. In said view 11, 1lb indicate two comparatively thin blocks or pieces of wood boar-d, each of the cross sectional area of the box. Said pieces are placed, the onev against the other, with the grain of one extending at an angle (a right angle as shown) to the grain of the other. The two pieces are nailed or otherwise attached together to form the end of the box. Such construction makes it possible to use board or block pieces which would otherwise go to waste.

While in the preferred form and as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings, the closure flap 14a is provided with the flap extension 14c,-a desirable box of the kind may be made, with this flap or other reinforcing or stiffening equivalent omitted,particularly when the board from which the box is made is quite heavy or when the box. is not too long for the nonreinforced edge of the closure flap 14 to maintain its closed relation against the flap 14". v A

While in describing the invention I have referred to many details of constructiomit is to be understood that the invention is in no way limited thereto, except as may be pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim -as my invention:

1. A box, comprising a tubular body made from a blank of fiber or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define bottom, sides and a top closure; the top closure having a fia-p extension at its unattached edge adapted to be folded under the main body of the closure; and ends of Wood; the sides, bottom 4and closure being nailed to said ends.

2. A box, comprising a tubular body of great length as compared with its cross sectional area; said body being made from a blank of fiber or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define bottom, sides and a top closure with a flap extension adapted to underlie said top closure; and ends of wood; the sides, bottom and closure being nailed to said ends.

3. A box, comprising a tubular body made of -great length as compared to its cross Sec-tional area; said body being made from a blank of fiber or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define bottom, sides and top closure aps; one of said flaps beimg adapted to overlap the other flap and having a flap extension adapted to be folded under; ends of wood; the sides, bottom and closure fiaps @being nailed to said ends; and one or more bands secured about said tubular body, intermediate its ends.

4. A box, comprising ends made of wood and a tubular body made from. a blank of fiber or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define bottom, sides and a topclosure, and means providing a strengthening rib at the free lateral edge of said top closure.

5.' A box comprising ends made of wood and a tubular body of great length as compared with its cross sectional area, said body being made from a blank of fiber or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define bottom, sides and top closure fiaps, one of said flaps being adapted to overlie the other flap and being provided with means at its lateral, unattached edge to strengthen said e ge.

6. A box comprising a tubular body made from a blank of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a bottom, two sides and two top closure flaps; one of said flaps being adapted to substantially cover the top of the box and to overlap the other iap and having a flap extensionadapted to be folded under; and ends o/fwood.

7 A blank adapted to fold into the form of a tubular box body, consisting of a sheet of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a bottom, two sides and a top closure; the top closure having a flap extension at its free, lateral edge adapted to be folded under the main body of the said top closure.

8. A blank adapted to fold into the form of a tubular box body, consisting of an elongated sheet of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a bottom, two sides, and two top closure flaps; one of said flaps being adapted to overlap the other flap when the blank is folded into tubular form and having a flap extension at its free lateral edge adapted to be folded under.

9. A blank adapted to fold into the form of a tubular box body, consisting of a sheet of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a botto-n1, two sides and a top closure flap, and of means fixed to the free, lateral edge of said top closure flap to provide a strengthening rib extending substantially the length of said edge.

10. A blank adapted to fold into the form of a tubular box body, consisting of a sheet of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a bottom, two sides and two top closure flaps, one of'said flaps being adapted to overlap the other flap, when the blank is folded into tubular form, and of means provided at the lateral, unattached edge of the overlapping flap fo'rstrengthening said edge.

ll. A box, comprising a tubular body made from a blank of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a bottom, sides, and two top closure flaps, the one top closure flap overlapping the other'iiap and substantially covering the top of the box; and ends of wood; the sides, bottom and closure Haps being nailed to said ends.

12. A box, comprising a tubular body of great length as compared to its cross sectional area, made from a blank of fibre or paper board cut and creased lengthwise to define a bottom, sides, and two top closure flaps, the one top closure flap overlapping the other flap and substantially covering the top of the box; ends of wood; and one or more bands secured about said tubular body intermediate its ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 3rd day of 0ctober, A. D. 1922.

HARRISON B. WALTER.

Witnesses:

N. B. SULLIVAN, T. H. ALFREDs. 

